Quarter leather binding of royal blue goatskin.
Marbled paper on the boards.
23.5k gold tooled label.
20 marbling examples by Kate Brett of Payhembury Marbling on 1786 folio encyclopaedia pages.
The paper was rescued from a beyond-repair edition of Chamber’s encyclopaedia from 1786. Each sheet has header letters and these go non-contiguously from PAN to PUR.
The reverse of the second sheet shows the encyclopaedia entry for marbled paper.
Quarter leather binding of royal blue goatskin.
Marbled paper on the boards.
23.5k gold tooled label.
20 marbling examples by Kate Brett of Payhembury Marbling on 1786 folio encyclopaedia pages.
The paper was rescued from a beyond-repair edition of Chamber’s encyclopaedia from 1786. Each sheet has header letters and these go non-contiguously from PAN to PUR.
The reverse of the second sheet shows the encyclopaedia entry for marbled paper.
